Michaela Blyde

{{short description|New Zealand rugby sevens & rugby league player}}

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Michaela Brake (née Blyde; born 29 December 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby sevens player and a double Olympic gold medalist.{{Cite web |last= Shepard |first= Kit |date= 20 June 2022 |title= Michaela Blyde: Ten things to know about the New Zealand Sevens back |website= Rugby World |url= https://www.rugbyworld.com/players/who-is-michaela-blyde-ten-things-you-should-know-about-the-new-zealand-sevens-back-141253 |access-date= 4 July 2022 |language=en-US}} She was the first female player to win back-to-back World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year titles, in 2017 and 2018. Blyde holds the record for the most tries by a New Zealand women sevens player in a single match (six against Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games) and also the record for most tries in a single fixture when she scored five tries against England in Langford in 2017.{{cite web |last= Julian |first= Adam |date= 9 December 2023 |title= Michaela Blyde: Dubai loss sparked 'honest conversations' |url= https://www.rugbypass.com/news/michaela-blyde/ |website= Rugby Pass |accessdate= 12 December 2023}} Blyde has won gold medals at the 2018 Sevens World Cup, 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2024 Paris Olympics and six Sevens titles. In January 2025, Blyde became the second woman to score 250 tries in the HSBC international sevens competition. She is currently the series' leading all-time women’s try scorer and the series' all-time women's second highest points scorer.

Early life, education and family

Blyde was born on 29 December 1995{{cite web |title= Michaela Blyde |website= World Rugby |url= https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/player/womens/53494?lang=en |accessdate= 12 January 2023}} in New Plymouth to Cherry (née Sutton) and Stephen Blyde.{{cite web |last= Johnston |first= Will |date= 26 May 2022 |title= Cherry Blyde becomes first female president of Taranaki Rugby in its 136-year history |website= Stuff |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/300596933/cherry-blyde-becomes-first-female-president-of-taranaki-rugby-in-its-136year-history |accessdate= 12 January 2023}} Her father, Stephen, played halfback for local club Clifton and provincial rugby for the Taranaki Colts while her mother Cherry played representative rugby for Taranaki, played for the Black Ferns in 1992 and in 2022 became the first female president of the Taranaki rugby football union.{{Cite web |date= 4 August 2022 |title= Mum's The Word |website= Rugby News |url= https://rugbynews.co.nz/mums-the-word |access-date= 6 August 2022 |language=en-NZ}} Both parents also represented New Zealand at touch rugby.{{cite web |last= Hills |first= Murray |date= 18 November 2010 |title= Double take as twins share rugby award |website= Stuff |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/4356836/Double-take-as-twins-share-rugby-award |accessdate= 12 January 2023}}

Blyde was raised up on the family's dairy farm at Lepperton, and was educated at New Plymouth Girls' High School.{{cite web |last= Bertrand |first= Kelly |date= 1 May 2018 |title= Black Ferns Sevens player Michaela Blyde's special bond with her mother |website= Now to Love |url= https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/lifestyle/career/black-ferns-sevens-player-michaela-blydes-special-bond-with-her-mother-37542 |accessdate= 10 January 2023}} From 2009 to 2013, she competed in athletics in the 100 metres, 200 metres and long jump. In 2009 and 2010, she participated in the 100 and 200 metres at New Zealand Secondary Schools' Championships.{{cite web |title= Athletics New Zealand Records & Rankings – Michael Blyde |website= Athletics New Zealand Records & Rankings |publisher= Athletics New Zealand |url= http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/site/profiles_con/athlete/531583 |accessdate= 4 April 2023}}

Blyde's younger brothers, Liam and Cole were academy rugby players with Taranaki. Liam went on to be selected for a development project for the men's Sevens team before playing for the Taranaki Bulls in 2021.{{cite news |last1= O'Keeffe |first1= Michael |last2= Eddy |first2= Kristina |date= 17 January 2019 |title=Sevens rugby runs in family for All Blacks hopeful Liam Blyde |website= Newshub |url= https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2019/01/sevens-rugby-runs-in-the-family-for-all-blacks-hopeful-liam-blyde.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174238/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2019/01/sevens-rugby-runs-in-the-family-for-all-blacks-hopeful-liam-blyde.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 19 January 2019 |accessdate= 10 January 2023}}

In 2014, Blyde commenced a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise degree through correspondence at Massey University. In 2017, she studied for a Certificate in Animal Care at Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin.{{cite web |title= Animal Instincts |website= New Zealand Rugby Players Association |url= https://www.nzrpa.co.nz/news/animal-instincts|accessdate= 10 January 2023}}

Rugby union career

When she was young her parents encouraged her and her brothers to play for their local rugby club, Clifton. "Rugby was my first sport as a five-year-old, but when I got to the age where we had to start tackling, I was a bit scared of playing with the boys" and so she switched at the age of eight to playing football. She began playing it again in year 12 at high school, though football was her first priority.{{cite web |last= Johannsen |first= Dana |date= 6 March 2022 |title= Generation game: The wildly different experiences of mother-daughter Black Ferns Cherry and Michaela Blyde |website= Stuff |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/127839794/generation-game-the-wildly-different-experiences-of-motherdaughter-black-ferns-cherry-and-michaela-blyde |accessdate= 11 January 2023}}

In 2012 the New Zealand Rugby Union organised a "Go for Gold" campaign to identify talent with the potential to represent New Zealand in the Sevens competition at the Rio Olympics. Cherie Blyde who was employed at the time by Taranaki Rugby as a Rugby Development Officer made her daughter who had just recommenced playing rugby, attend one of the open trials.{{cite book |last= Swannell |first= Rikki |year= 2022 |title= Sevens Sisters: How a People First Culture Turned Silver into Gold |location= Auckland |publisher= Mower |pages= 20, 23 |type= Paperback |isbn= 978-1-990003-58-5}}

At the trial she was put through various fitness, rugby skill and character assessment activities. Blyde was heavily involved in playing football at the time and was upset when attendance at a second trial meant missing out on a football tournament. Of the 800 who attended a trial, Blyde along with Gayle Broughton and Lauren Bayens from Taranaki were among the 30 deemed promising who attended a training camp at Waiouru in mid-2012.

=Debut for the Black Fern Sevens=

Blyde's superior speed, meant that at 17 years of age and still at high school she debuted for the New Zealand Sevens at the 2013 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship in Noosa, Australia in October 2013. Because of her age Blyde had to be given special dispensation to play in the tournament.{{cite web |author= |date= 3 October 2013 |title= NZ and Australia women contest regional title |url= https://www.world.rugby/news/33687/nz-and-australia-women-contest-regional-title |website= World Rugby |accessdate= 24 October 2024}} As she commenced her warmed-up for her first game she noticed her father on the sidelines. He had without telling her flown over from New Zealand to surprise her, which caused her to break down and begin crying before she ran to give him a hug. Blyde found it daunting playing alongside and against experienced players at a national and international level. In the playoff for third place against Samoa she scored five tries.{{cite web |last= Donnelly |first= Alison |date= 6 October 2013 |title= Australia lift Oceania title |url= https://archive.scrumqueens.com/news/australia-lift-oceania-title |website= Scum Queens |accessdate= 22 October 2024}}

Alongside representing New Zealand Blyde played for her school in the 2013 Condor Sevens, which was the first time New Plymouth Girls' High had fielded a team in this National Secondary Schools Rugby Sevens competition. Competing against 16 other teams New Plymouth made it to the final, only to lose to Hamilton Girls. Blyde was named Player of the Tournament and was also selected for the tournament team. Outside of school she also played in regional competitions and for Taranaki in national competitions in 2013. Blyde played for the Taranaki team in the National Sevens competition in January 2014 where they came fifth.

Immediately upon leaving school Blyde was offered a national training contract for 2014, and in February of that year, at the age of 18, she scored a try on her debut for New Zealand in their game against the Netherlands in Atlanta tournament of the Rugby World Sevens Series.

=2016 Rio Olympic Games=

Along with Shiray Tane she was one of the two travelling reserves for the Rio Games, which required them to stay in accommodation outside of the Olympic village away from the rest of the team. Following the disappointment of not making the playing side Blyde made significant changes to improve her performance.{{cite web |last=Kidd |first= Heather |title= Black Ferns Sevens star Michaela Blyde finds strength and resilience after an Olympic disappointment |website= This NZ Life |date= 20 April 2021 |url= https://thisnzlife.co.nz/black-ferns-sevens-star-michaela-blyde-finds-strength-and-resilience-after-an-olympic-disappointment/ |accessdate= 10 January 2023}}

After commencing the 2016–2017 Women's World Sevens Series with only a one-year contract Blyde was to end the season with 40 points and the title of the series' top try-scorer, which assisted New Zealand in winning the series title. Her performance led to Blyde being named 2017 World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the year.{{cite web |title= Six awards go to New Zealander players at world rugby players awards |website= New Zealand Rugby Players Association |date= 15 April 2022 |url= https://www.nzrpa.co.nz/news/six-awards-go-to-new-zealander-players-at-world-rugby-players-awards|accessdate= 12 January 2023}}

Over the course of the 2017–2018 Women's World Sevens Series Blyde scored 27 tries and was named World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the year in 2018, becoming the first women's player to win it not only twice, but in consecutive years.{{cite web |date= 26 November 2018 |title= Michaela Blyde named sevens player of the year |website= Radio New Zealand |url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/376806/michaela-blyde-named-sevens-player-of-the-year |accessdate= 12 January 2023}}

In 2018, she won gold medals at both the Commonwealth Games and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. In the latter she scored the most tries (nine) and the most points. In the final of the World Cup Blyde scored three tries as part of her contribution to New Zealand beating France 29–0.{{cite web |last= Atkin |first= Nicolas |date= 23 July 2018 |title= Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018: New Zealand win women's title as Black Ferns perform spine-tingling haka in San Francisco |url= https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/2156326/rugby-world-cup-sevens-2018-new-zealand-win-womens-title-black |website= South China Morning Post |accessdate= 29 March 2024}}

=2020 Tokyo Olympic Games=

At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 Blyde scored seven tries in five matches, including in the final, which New Zealand won, earning her a gold medal.{{cite web |last= Matthews |first= Jane |date= 1 August 2021 |title= Tokyo Olympics: Two sevens players bringing gold medals home to families in Taranaki |website= Stuff |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/125931240/tokyo-olympics-two-sevens-players-bringing-gold-medals-home-to-families-in-taranaki |accessdate= 12 January 2023}}

=2022 Commonwealth Games and World Cup=

Blyde was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.{{Cite web |date= 29 June 2022 |title= Rugby Sevens teams named for Commonwealth Games |website= All Blacks |publisher= New Zealand Rugby |url= https://www.allblacks.com/news/rugby-sevens-teams-named-for-commonwealth-games/ |access-date= 4 July 2022 |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web |date= 29 June 2022 |title= Experienced New Zealand sevens squads revealed for Commonwealth Games |website= Stuff |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/commonwealth-games/300624797/experienced-new-zealand-sevens-squads-revealed-for-commonwealth-games |access-date= 4 July 2022 |language=en}} She won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.{{Cite web |last= McConnell |first= Lynn |date= 1 August 2022 |title=Double bronze for New Zealand Sevens sides in Birmingham |website= All Blacks |publisher= New Zealand Rugby |url= https://www.allblacks.com/news/double-bronze-for-new-zealand-sevens-sides-in-birmingham/ |access-date= 5 August 2022 |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web |date=1 August 2022 |title= NZ Sevens sides bounce back to win bronze medals |url= https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/08/01/black-ferns-sevens-bounce-back-for-bronze-in-tough-canada-clash/ |access-date= 5 August 2022 |website= 1 News |language=en}}

She later won a silver medal at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.{{Cite web |last= Julian |first= Adam |date= 12 September 2022 |title= New Zealand sides scoop silver in Cape Town |website= All Blacks |publisher= New Zealand Rugby |url= https://www.allblacks.com/news/heartbreak-for-new-zealand-sides-in-cape-town/ |access-date= 22 September 2022 |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web |date= 12 September 2022 |title= NZ Sevens come up short, losing World Cup finals in Cape Town |website= 1 News |url= https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/09/12/nz-sevens-come-up-short-losing-world-cup-finals-in-cape-town/ |access-date= 22 September 2022 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= Wilson |first= Sam |date= 11 September 2022 |title= Recap: New Zealand's men and women beaten in Rugby World Cup Sevens finals in Cape Town |website= Stuff |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/sevens/300684524/recap-new-zealands-men-and-women-lose-their-rugby-world-cup-sevens-finals-in-cape-town |access-date= 22 September 2022 |language=en}}

=2023–2024 Seven Series season=

On 10 December 2023 during her team's win over Canada in the quarter-final of the Cape Town tournament of the HSBC SVNS World Series Blyde became the second women to score 200 tries in the HSBC international sevens competition.{{cite web |last= McConnell |first= Lynn |date= 11 December 2023 |title= Blyde Joins Special Club as New Zealand Teams Fall Short in Cape Town |url= https://www.allblacks.com/news/blyde-joins-special-club-as-new-zealand-teams-fall-short-in-cape-town/ |website= |accessdate= 12 December 2023}}

At the Hong Kong tournament on 5–7 April 2024 she competed in her fiftieth international sevens tournament (including Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games).{{cite web |last= Voerman |first= Andrew |date= 8 April 2024 |title= Double delight at Hong Kong Sevens as both New Zealand teams win titles |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350237866/double-delight-hong-kong-sevens-both-new-zealand-teams-win-titles |website= Stuff |accessdate= 8 April 2024}} At the time only six other women had reached this milestone, among the others being Charlotte Caslick, Chloé Pelle, Sharni Williams and Portia Woodman. She celebrated the occasion with three tries in the final as part of her contribution to New Zealand's 36–7 demolition of the United States. As a result, she became the first player of either sex to score three tries five times in a world series final.{{cite web |author= |date= 8 April 2024 |title= New Zealand claim twin titles at Hong Kong Sevens |url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/513677/new-zealand-claim-twin-titles-at-hong-kong-sevens |website= Radio New Zealand |accessdate= 8 April 2024}} This bought her score up to a total of 28 tries in Seven series finals, trailing Portia Woodman who had scored 33.{{cite web |last= Julian |first= Adam |date= 8 April 2024|title= Double Delight for New Zealand In Hong Kong |url= https://www.allblacks.com/news/double-delight-for-new-zealand-in-hong-kong/ |website= All Blacks |accessdate= 8 April 2024}} She was named player of the final.

At the 2024 Singapore Sevens tournament on 3–5 May 2024 she again scored a hat-trick in the final as part of her contribution to New Zealand's 31–21 win over Australia. This meant she became the first player of either sex to score three tries six times in a world series final. Singapore was the last tournament in the 2023–24 seven league series and bought her total to 52 tries (which was 27%) out of the 192 tries scored by New Zealand.{{cite web |last= Julian |first= Adam |date= 6 May 2024 |title= Sevens Blackwash in Singapore |url= https://www.allblacks.com/news/sevens-blackout-in-singapore |website= All Blacks |accessdate= 6 May 2024}}{{cite web |author= |date= 6 May 2024 |title= New Zealand sevens sides secure Singapore double |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350268056/new-zealand-sevens-sides-secure-singapore-double |website= Stuff |accessdate= 6 May 2024}}

Blyde ended the 2023–24 season having played 45 games and scored 53 tries.{{cite web |title= Michaela Blyde |website= SVNS |url= https://www.svns.com/en/teams/new-zealand |accessdate= 21 June 2024}}

=2024 Paris Olympics=

On 20 June 2024 it was announced that she had been selected as a member of the New Zealand Women’s Rugby Sevens team for the Paris Olympics.{{cite web |last= Kermeen |first= Mat |date= 20 June 2024 |title= Sevens star Sarah Hirini completes 'unbelievable' recovery for Paris Olympics |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350317426/sevens-star-sarah-hirini-completes-unbelievable-recovery-paris-olympics |website= Stuff |accessdate= 21 June 2024}} During pool play against Canada Blyde required seven stitches in her forehead after she made contact with Canadian player Charity Williams. The injury didn't prevent her from playing in all of the remaining games. Blyde scored 10 tries over the course of the Olympic sevens competition to make her the second highest try scorer. One of her tries was in the final against Canada which was won by New Zealand 19–12 to give her back-to-back Olympic gold medals.{{cite web |last= Burgess |first=Michael |date= 31 July 2024 |title= Olympics 2024: New Zealand women’s rugby sevens clinch Olympic gold in Paris |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-new-zealand-womens-rugby-sevens-clinch-olympic-gold-in-paris/RMU4PDY6C5BZFIXSKPRVYKXF4Q/ |website= NZ Herald |accessdate= 31 July 2024}}{{cite web |last= Julian |first= Adam |date= 31 July 2024 |title= Golden Ferns: How they did it and how it rates |url= https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/31/golden-ferns-how-they-did-it-and-how-it-rates/ |website= Newsroom |accessdate= 6 July 2024}}

=2024–2025 Seven Series season=

Following the Olympics Blyde took a break from international rugby for the remainder of 2024 and thus missed the first two tournaments of the 2024-2025 sevens series season.{{cite web |last= Anderson |first= Merryn |date= 24 January 2025 |title= New year, new name, new code for returning Black Ferns Sevens star Michaela Brake |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360556491/new-year-new-name-new-code-returning-black-ferns-sevens-star-michaela-brake |website= Stuff |accessdate= 24 January 2025}} Blyde's return at the Perth tournament held on 24-26 January 2025, saw her score four tries in the semi-final against France. Two of these were sufficient for her to become the second woman to score 250 tries in the HSBC international sevens competition.{{cite web |last= Morten |first= Finn |date= 26 January 2025 |title= New Zealand to face Australia in final after Michaela Brake scores four |url= https://www.rugbypass.com/news/new-zealand-to-face-australia-in-final-after-michaela-brake-scores-four/ |website= RugbyPass |accessdate= 27 January 2025}}{{cite web |author= |date= 27 January 2025 |title= Watch: Black Ferns Sevens lose to Australia in thrilling final in Perth |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360560172/black-ferns-sevens-lose-australia-thrilling-final-perth |website= Stuff |accessdate= 27 January 2025}}

At the Vancouver tournament held on 21–23 February 2025 Blyde scored five tries in the first eight minutes of the team’s pool match against Ireland to pass Portia Woodman’s record of 256 tries and become the Seven series all-time leading women’s try scorer. She scored 10 tries over the course of the tournament to bring her career total to 264 tries.{{cite web |last= Hinton |first= Marc |date= 22 February 2025 |title= Fab five puts Black Ferns sevens star Michaela Brake top of the all-time try-scorers’ list |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360590572/fab-five-puts-black-fern-sevens-star-michaela-brake-top-all-time-try-scorers-list |website= Stuff |accessdate= 25 February 2025}}

Rugby league career

In December 2024, Blyde announced she had signed a one-year contract to play for the Warriors in the NRLW in 2025. "I'm excited to be a part of something that's growing super, super quickly and you'd be silly not to want to be involved in it," she said.{{Cite web |last= Kermeen |first= Mat |date= 17 December 2024 |title= Double Olympic gold medalist Michaela Blyde switches codes to Warriors |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360526104/double-olympic-gold-medalist-michaela-blyde-switches-codes-warriors |website= Stuff |access-date= 2024-12-17 }}

Personal life

On 4 January 2025 at Ohauiti in the Bay of Plenty, Blyde married her long term partner, Olympic gold medallist rower Michael Brake.{{cite news |last= Whitworth |first= Ava |date= 18 January 2025 |title= Olympic gold medallists Michaela Blyde and Michael Brake marry |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360552316/olympic-gold-medallists-michaela-blyde-and-michael-brake-marry |website= Stuff |access-date= 18 January 2025}}{{cite web |last= Bertrand |first= Kelly |date= 16 January 2025 |title= Black Fern Michaela Blyde marries her perfect match |url= https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/lifestyle/weddings/michaela-blyde-wedding/ |website= Now to Love |accessdate= 23 January 2025}}

Awards and honours

2017, Canada Sevens Langford dream team.{{Cite web |date= 29 May 2017 |title= Canadians dominate Langford Dream Team |website= Americas Rugby News |url= http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2017/05/29/canadians-dominate-langford-dream-team/ |access-date= 13 May 2019 |language=en-US}}
2017, World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year.{{Cite web |title= World Rugby Sevens Players of the Year 2019 nominees announced |website= World Rugby |url= https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/447646?lang=en |access-date= 20 September 2019}}
2018, World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year.
2018, Taranaki Sports Awards Sportswoman of the Year and Overall Sportsperson of the Year.{{Cite web |date= 25 November 2018 |title= Gold medallist takes home top Taranaki award |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/108845748/gold-medallist-takes-home-top-taranaki-award|access-date= 5 February 2022 |website= Stuff |language=en}}
2019, Australian Women's Sevens performance tracker player of the round.{{Cite web |title= DHL Performance Tracker – HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series {{!}} worldrugby.org/sevens-series |website= World Rugby |url= https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/dhl |access-date= 14 May 2019}}
2021, Joint winner of Taranaki Daily News Person of the Year 2021 with Gayle Broughton.{{Cite web |last= Harvey |first= Helen |date= 31 December 2021 |title= Blacks Ferns Sevens stars Blyde and Broughton share Taranaki Daily News Person of the Year 2021 |website= Stuff |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/127379158/blacks-ferns-sevens-stars-blyde-and-broughton-share-taranaki-daily-news-person-of-the-year-2021|access-date= 5 February 2022 |language= en}}
2023, Member of that years women's rugby sevens dream team.{{cite web |author= |date= 14 May 2023 |title= The Best of Women's Rugby Sevens Celebrated Following Thrilling 2023 Series Finale at HSBC France Sevens |url=https://www.women.rugby/news/810357/the-best-of-womens-rugby-sevens-celebrated-following-thrilling-2023-series-finale-at-hsbc-france-sevens |website= Women in Rugby |accessdate= 18 November 2023}}
2024, Taranaki Sports Awards Sportswoman of the Year and Overall Sportsperson of the Year.{{Cite web |author= |date= 22 November 2024 |title= Olympic gold medallist wins Taranaki supreme sports award |url= https://www.thepost.co.nz/sport/360492404/olympic-gold-medallist-wins-taranaki-supreme-sports-award |website= The Post |access-date= 25 November 2024}}

References

External links

{{World Rugby Sevens Series profile|womens/53494}}
[https://www.allblacks.com/playerprofiles/michaela-blyde-2/ Michaela Blyde] at the Black Ferns Sevens
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{{Olympedia}}
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/michaela-blyde_1926635 Michaela Blyde] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
{{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|53158}}
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